Antarctica by Claire Keegan
$22.99 AUD
Category: Literature
The stunning debut story collection from the author of Foster and the Booker Prize shortlised Small Things Like These 'A beautiful, tender work of great clarity.' Sebastian Barry 'Among the finest contemporary stories written recently in English.' Observer A secret one-night tryst in the city. A sist ...Show more
100 Novels That Changed the World by Colin Salter
$49.99 AUD
Category: Literature
The inspiring novels that have left a significant mark on the world of literature and popular culture. Before the novel, the world of books was dominated by scientific tomes, religious tracts and histories of the victorious in war. There had been stories and epic poems from ancient times - Homer's Iliad ...Show more
In Praise of Good Bookstores by Jeff Deutsch
$29.99 AUD
Category: Literature
From a devoted reader and lifelong bookseller, an eloquent and charming reflection on the singular importance of bookstores Do we need bookstores in the twenty-first century? If so, what makes a good one? In this beautifully written book, Jeff Deutsch--the director of Chicago's Seminary Co-op Bookst ...Show more
Finding Eliza: Power and Colonial Storytelling: First Nations Classics by Larissa Behrendt, Fiona Foley
$19.99 AUD
Category: Literature | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Aboriginal lawyer, writer and filmmaker Larissa Behrendt has long been fascinated by the story of Eliza Fraser, who was purportedly captured by the Butchulla people after she was shipwrecked on their island off the Queensland coast in 1836. In this deeply personal book, Behrendt uses Eliza's tale as a s ...Show more
Mazin Grace: First Nations Classics by Dylan Coleman, Claire G Coleman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Literature | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Growing up on the Mission isn't easy for clever Grace Oldman. When her classmates tease her for not having a father, she doesn't know what to say. Papa Neddy says her dad is the Lord God in Heaven, but that doesn't help when the Mission kids call her a bastard. As Grace slowly pieces together clues that ...Show more
Smoke Encrypted Whispers: First Nations Classics by Samuel Wagan Watson, Tony Birch
$19.99 AUD
Category: Literature | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Reading this book is, as Tony Birch points out, 'like witnessing Bruce Springsteen meet the Dreamtime'.Smoke Encrypted Whispers showcases Samuel Wagan Watson's imaginative brilliance and exceptional poetic skills. In this book, which also includes work from three previous collections, his poems pulse wi ...Show more
Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
$29.99 AUD
Category: Literature | Series: Special Editions
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is acknowledged as the greatest dramatist of all time. He excels in plot, poetry and wit, and his talent encompasses the great tragedies of Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth as well as the moving history plays and the comedies such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, The T ...Show more
The Aeneid by Virgil
$5.99 AUD
Category: Literature | Series: Collins Classics
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Written between 29 and 19 B.C., The Aeneid tells the legendary tale of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the heroic ancestor of the Romans. This epic poem tells the story of Aeneas' nomadic t ...Show more
Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer; James Dean (Editor); Harriet Spiegel (Editor)
$42.99 AUD
Category: Literature
Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer. Troilus and Criseyde is an epic poem by Geoffrey Chaucer which re-tells in Middle English the tragic story of the lovers Troilus and Criseyde set against a backdrop of war during the Siege of Troy. Calchas, a soothsayer, foresees the fall of Troy and abandons th ...Show more
A IS for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup
$19.99 AUD
Category: Literature
Shortlisted for the Macavity Awards 2016 Fourteen novels. Fourteen poisons. Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's all made-up ...Agatha Christie revelled in the use of poison to kill off unfortunate victims in her books; indeed, she employed it more than any other murder method, with the poison it ...Show more
Goodbye, Again - Essays, Reflections, and Illustrations by Jonny Sun
$35.00 AUD
Category: Literature
The wonderfully original author of Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too gives us a collection of touching and hilarious personal essays, stories, poems--covering topics such as mental health, happiness, and what it means to belong. Jonny Sun is back with a collection of essays and other writings in ...Show more
To the Lake by YAna Vagner
$19.99 AUD
Category: Literature
Ousted from Moscow by a deadly epidemic, Anya and her husband must flee society, menaced by harsh Russian winter and desperate people.A deadly flu epidemic sweeps through Moscow, killing hundreds of thousands.When a virulent flu epidemic sweeps through Moscow killing hundreds of thousands of inhabitants ...Show more